Entries by Team Nexreg

Jul 3 – California releases Proposition 65 statistics indicating large financial implications

July 4, 2007 in /by

A press release from Canada’s newswire: California releases Proposition 65 statistics indicating large financial implications for electronics manufacturers. It details the expensive penalties for non-compliance: The legal impact of Proposition 65 on businesses selling products into California has steadily increased since the initiative’s inception in 1986.  Over the past six years, there have been approximately […]

Jul 3 – Made in China (U.S. Product Labeling)

July 4, 2007 in /by

Article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Made in China (buyer beware). Penalties for non-compliance might be increasing in the United States: Last week alone the list included glassware from Pier 1, with 21 reports of cracked or broken glass; reclining chairs blamed in eight injuries; car tires blamed in two deaths; and fish and […]

Jul 3 – Prop 65 – Proposed Rulemaking – di(n-butyl)phthalate (DBP)

July 4, 2007 in /by

A notice from the OEHHA: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Title 22, California Code of Regulations Amendment To Section 12805 Specific Regulatory Levels: Chemicals Causing Reproductive Toxicity: di(n-butyl)phthalate (DBP):   NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposes to establish a specific regulatory level having no observable effect for one chemical: […]

Jun 26 – MSDSs: Inspections Never Come at Good Time

June 26, 2007 in /by

An article in the American Laundry News about MSDSs and OSHA inspections: Most of us will never have to deal with a random Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection. But if you do, it’s guaranteed to come at the worst possible time. I recently took a Caribbean cruise vacation with my wife. My plant […]

Jun 26 – REACH and GHS: Proposal to align classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals to UN standards

June 26, 2007 in /by

An important press release today from the EU on GHS and REACH: The European Commission today has proposed to align the current EU system of classification of chemical substances and mixtures to the United Nations Globally Harmonised System (GHS). The internationally accepted harmonised classification criteria and labelling elements will be integrated in new EU legislation, […]

Jun 23 – US: FDA issues new regulations on dietary supplements

June 23, 2007 in /by

A piece on Worldink.com on new FDA rules for dietary supplements: For the first time, manufacturers of vitamins, herbal pills and other dietary supplements will have to test all of their products’ ingredients. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it is phasing in a new rule that is designed to address concerns that existing […]

Jun 21 – REACH: Tips from Nexreg

June 21, 2007 in /by

Worried about REACH? Nexreg’s resident REACH expert gives these tips: I know deadlines focus the mind, so I wanted give clients some more information about the pre-registration process under REACH. 1. Substances should be pre-registered in order to qualify as ‘phase-in’ substances under REACH, i.e. those that can continue to be sold before a registration. […]

Jun 21 – Canada: Garlic spray all the buzz in war on mosquitoes (PMRA)

June 21, 2007 in /by

The Edmonton sun discusses new PMRA registrations: It might generate the biggest buzz among retail mosquito-control products. That’s what Joel Gosselin is hoping, as his Winnipeg company touts a garlic-heavy repellent called Mosquito Barrier that has brought at least a sweet early smell of success. The product has become the first such control product registered […]